True Gifts For Christmas and Crockpot Cajun Pecan Snack – HBHW Newsletter
December 22nd, 2010
Editorial
Hello again and welcome to another edition of the Hillbilly Housewife Newsletter.
The voting on our Holiday Recipe contest has come to a close. Thanks for all who joined in the fun. To take a look at how the votes are stacking up, click on the link below:
http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/favorite-holiday-recipes-poll.htm
If you submitted a holiday recipe, be sure you send your email to us at susanne@hillbillyhousewife.com so we can notify you if you've won a prize, and to send your gifts to you. Be sure also to scroll down and see what we have in store for our participants and prize winners.
Our featured article this week is a special treat I hope you'll enjoy. If you are gathering around the piano during your Christmas festivities or just humming tunes as you cook, you may appreciate having the words that accompany the tunes. I hope you'll scroll down and click on the link to read our featured article.
This week's quote and story are both about Christmas – true gifts and Christmas in the air. I hope you'll take a moment or two out of your busy day to read and reflect on today's quote and story.
Those are my thoughts this week. As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions. Feel free to email me at susanne@hillbillyhousewife.com
Warm Regards,
Susanne – The Hillbilly Housewife
Inspirational Quote
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.
~ W. T. Ellis ~
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Holiday Recipe Contest
Our voting has come to a close and soon we will be announcing our winners. This contest has been a lot of fun and has provided many delicious recipes to try. Along with the prizes we will be awarding to the winners, we'll also be giving everyone who submitted a recipe their very own copy of the ebook we prepared with YOUR recipes in it. We still need email addresses from some of you, so be sure to send your email address to me at susanne@hillbillyhousewife.com Thank you!
Along with your own recipe ebook with all the submitted recipes, you'll also be receiving a collection of over 80 recipes for all sorts of sweet treats collected by my friend Patti Winker at RemarkableWrinklies.com The recipes have been collected for many years, so some of them may seen a bit old fashioned, but we love that! Patti and I are giving you this ebook as a Thank You gift for sharing your recipes with us at HBHW.
So, be sure to send us your email address so we can:
1) find you if you win a prize,
2) send your free eCookbook from Patti, and
3) send your own copy of all the holiday recipes submitted.
If you submitted a recipe for the Holiday Recipe Contest, email me at susanne@hillbillyhousewife.com and let me know what email address we can us to send your goodies. Thank you very much!
As a reminder, here are the valuable prizes we are giving away:
- A copy of the Crockpot Cooking Guide
- A copy of the Freezer Cooking Guide
- A copy of the Meal Planning Guide
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- Six Month Membership
- Three Month Membership
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Thank you again for entering our Holiday Recipe Contest.
Featured Article
Christmas carols are a big part of the holiday season in our house. We like both the cute little songs and the pretty stirring hymns, but we stumble over the words sometimes; especially in the second or third verse! In this week's article you'll find a song book with 39 songs for the season for you and your family to enjoy. It's my gift to you. I hope you'll print it off , gather your family, and sing to your heart's content. Just click the link below:
Recipe Sharing
Need just one more idea for snacks for your holiday gathering? I think you'll like these:
Crockpot Cajun Style Pecan Snacks
- 1 pound pecan halves
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
Mix all your spices together well in a small bowl. Pour the melted butter into your crockpot, then add pecans, stirring to coat evenly with butter. Then sprinkle your spice mixture evenly over the pecans, stirring as you sprinkle.
Cover the crockpot and turn on to the HIGH heat. Let the pecans cook on HIGH for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring once.
Remove the cover from the crockpot and turn the heat down to LOW. Cook uncovered for about 2 hours, stirring occasionally to make sure the pecans stay coated and evenly cook.
Cool the pecans on a rack covered with paper towels or a paper grocery bag. They’re ready to serve as soon as they cool completely.
Frugal Tips
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Recipes
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I’m Looking For:
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Inspirational Story
Christmas Gifts
~ Oren Arnold ~
To your enemy,
forgiveness.
To an opponent,
tolerance.
To a friend,
your heart.
To a customer,
service.
To all,
charity.
To every child,
a good example.
To yourself,
respect.
Final Thought
That’s it for this edition of the Hillbilly Housewife Newsletter. I hope you’ve had as much fun reading it as I had creating it for you. I also hope that you have found the information helpful and useful. And by all means feel free to forward the newsletter to family and friends or even better, encourage them to subscribe to it.
Do you have a question, a tip, a recipe or a story you’d like to share with us? Email it to me and I’ll include it in a future issue. Can’t wait to see what you have to say.
Warm Wishes,
Susanne – The Hillbilly Housewife
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